{"id":6030,"date":"2014-12-15T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T21:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2014-12-21T21:59:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T21:59:53","slug":"gluais-don-oideas-aran-soide-a-glossary-for-the-irish-soda-bread-recipe-with-pronunciation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/gluais-don-oideas-aran-soide-a-glossary-for-the-irish-soda-bread-recipe-with-pronunciation-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluais don Oideas “Ar\u00e1n S\u00f3ide” (A Glossary for the Irish Soda Bread Recipe, with pronunciation guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of you may have tried the recent recipe for Irish Soda Bread which appeared in this blog (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>).\u00a0 If you’re fairly new to the language, the following might be helpful:<\/p>\n

First, the word “oideas<\/strong>” itself.\u00a0 This word can appear in many contexts, with several different meanings (instruction, teaching, recipe, and prescription).\u00a0 If having the same word for “recipe” and “prescription” strikes an English speaker as unusual, I could simply point out the following examples in various languages.\u00a0 Which languages specifically?\u00a0 Do you recognize any of them?\u00a0 The answers are sa n\u00f3ta — i nGaeilge<\/strong>, just for a little extra d\u00fashl\u00e1n<\/strong> [doo-hlawn]:<\/p>\n

1) Rezept<\/em> (recipe, prescription)<\/p>\n

2) receita<\/em> (recipe, prescription)<\/p>\n

3) recet\u00eb<\/em> (recipe, prescription)<\/p>\n

4) recept<\/em> (recipe, prescription)<\/p>\n

5) resep<\/em> (recipe, prescription)<\/p>\n

and similarly, though a bit more clear-cut<\/p>\n

6) receta<\/em> (recipe) and receta medica<\/em> (prescription)<\/p>\n

Bottom line: context rules!<\/p>\n

Now let’s look at some of the vocabulary specific to the soda bread recipe.\u00a0 First, some foods:<\/p>\n

bl\u00e1thach<\/strong> [BLAW-hukh, or just blawkh], buttermilk<\/p>\n

briosca<\/strong>, \u00a0cookie, biscuit (in the UK\/Irish sense, not in the American context, where sourdough “biscuits” might be eaten with gravy)<\/p>\n

c\u00edste<\/strong> [KEESH-tchuh], cake<\/p>\n

donn\u00f3g<\/strong> [DUN-ohg], \u00a0brownie (the chocolate baked treat)<\/p>\n

f\u00edor sins\u00e9ir<\/strong> [feer SHIN-shayrzh<\/sup>], gingerbread man or gingerbread woman<\/p>\n

giosta ar\u00e1in<\/strong> [GY<\/sup>US-tuh uh-RAW-in, with the “g” hard, as in the English “gules” (and no, not as in “Giles,” which has a “soft g”); the more typical examples of the English hard “g” (girl, get, etc.) are close but don’t capture the “yuh” sound that immediately follows the “guh” part of the word “giosta<\/strong>“], baker’s yeast, lit. “bread yeast”<\/p>\n

gl\u00f3nra<\/strong> [GLOHN-ruh], glaze<\/p>\n

subh<\/strong> [suv], jam<\/p>\n

And next, some miscellaneous vocabulary:<\/p>\n

adhmad<\/strong> [AI-mud, with the “ai” as in English “eye” or “aye” or “I” and as in IPA usage \/ai\/], wood; adhmaid<\/strong> [AI-mw<\/sup>idj], of wood<\/p>\n

barra\u00edocht<\/strong> [BAHR-ee-ukht], too much<\/p>\n

comh\u00e1bhar<\/strong> [KOH-AW-wur], ingredient<\/p>\n

cruth<\/strong> [kruh, silent “t”], shape (as a noun)<\/p>\n

de dh\u00edth<\/strong> [dj<\/sup>eh yeeh, with a slight breathy “h” sound at the end of “dh\u00edth<\/strong>;” the “d” and the “t” are silent in “dh\u00edth<\/strong>” and the “dh” is really a “y” sound], needed, lit. “of need”<\/p>\n

fad m’eolais<\/strong> [fahd MOHL-ish], as far as I know, lit. “length of my knowledge”<\/p>\n

milis<\/strong> [MIL-ish], sweet (adjective)<\/p>\n

mionghearrtha<\/strong> [MIN-YAR-huh], chopped (verbal adjective, not the past-tense verb)<\/p>\n

oigheann<\/strong> [OY-un, silent “g”], oven<\/p>\n

r\u00f3mhilis<\/strong> [ROH-VIL-ish], too sweet<\/p>\n

r\u00f3throm<\/strong> [roh-hrum, silent “t”], too heavy<\/p>\n

t\u00e1irge<\/strong> [TAWRzh<\/sup>-uh-gy<\/sup>uh], product<\/p>\n

So that’s a sampling of some vocabulary from the recipe blog.\u00a0 Hope it helped for some newcomers.\u00a0 And hope some of the vocabulary proved interesting for more advanced learners, since there are a few words, like “baker’s yeast” and “glaze” that might not be quite on the “beaten track” of everyday vocabulary.\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta<\/strong>, based on some pocket dictionaries I have to hand plus a little help from Google Translate:<\/p>\n

1) Gearm\u00e1inis; 2) Portaing\u00e9ilis agus Gail\u00edsis; 3) Alb\u00e1inis; 4) Ollainnis;\u00a0 5) Indin\u00e9isis; 6) Sp\u00e1innis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ultimately, it would be interesting to look further at what languages distinguish specifically between “recipe” and “prescription,”, and which ones have the same word for “recipe” and prescription” but where it’s not based on the Latin “recipere<\/em>,” which appears to account for all the examples above, even as far afield as Indonesia.\u00a0 It’s interesting to note that Irish uses the same word (oideas<\/strong>) for “recipe” and “prescription,” but it’s not part of the “recipere<\/em>” family, with its offspring as cited above (receita, recept, recet\u00eb, resep, Rezept<\/em>).\u00a0 Bia don smaoineamh, nach ea?<\/strong>\u00a0 Food for thought, isn’t it? Or, as might be said in central Pennsylvania, “Food for thought, hain’t?”<\/p>\n

Nasc<\/strong>:\u00a0Oideas i nGaeilge: Ar\u00e1n S\u00f3ide \u00c9ireannach, agus Aistri\u00fach\u00e1n B\u00e9arla (and an English translation)<\/a>\u00a0Posted on 11. Dec, 2014 by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> in Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/oideas-i-ngaeilge-aran-soide-eireannach-agus-aistriuchan-bearla-and-an-english-translation\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Some of you may have tried the recent recipe for Irish Soda Bread which appeared in this blog (nasc th\u00edos).\u00a0 If you’re fairly new to the language, the following might be helpful: First, the word “oideas” itself.\u00a0 This word can appear in many contexts, with several different meanings (instruction, teaching, recipe, and prescription).\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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